Same with the gum they sell at whole foods. Made entirely environmentally friendly, but I would rather chew nothing than chew gum that breaks apart in your mouth after 5 seconds.

It’s so withdrawing troops doesn’t get misconstrued as a tactical retreat. It’s important to, you know, give it time to unwind a frontline to avoid unnecessary casualties.

But again, not everyone knew about the armistice at the same time, and I’m giving the benefit of the doubt that maybe not every frontline soldier was notified in advance.

No, that accounted for the 5 weeks leading up to the signing. Try again.

I get that he was ordered not to charge, but I don’t see anywhere that says he was told about why

Well since you know so much, explain why soldiers were kept in formation for 5 hours after the armistice was signed?

Yeah maybe they would set a predetermined time in the future after signing the agreement to account for communication lag. And maybe frontline soldiers aren’t divulged of every detail from their commanding officer beyond when to hold or charge a line.

This is WWI. It’s not like a rank and file soldier would have a smartphone in his pocket to ding him on the status of the armistice. It can take hours for news to reach some front lines.

Even as recent as WWI, carrier pigeons and messenger dogs were used.

Was it stated anywhere that Gunther knew of the armistice? All it said was the german machine gunners knew.

Kinda wish there was some way to zoom in and out. Like start with per year and drill inward. Otherwise its an endless scrolling of death.